I think they came in second place with “what they know.“ That was in the heat I watched today. I think the guys that are using higher tech engine works, the Styll ( bad spelling) sponsored craft, it Prevailed.
The wire bundling and routing shows just how well this aircraft is crafted and maintained. Tight and organized all the way and the paint scheme wow! That’s one fast chainsaw…. Great job Juan showing us what they were willing to show us during those intense times in the pits. I’m glad to see our donations to the Reno Air Races bore fruit this year and hopefully many more years to come.. Cheers Juan!
Robby Grove is a legendary fiberglas aircraft designer and builder in the San Diego area. He build the first high aspect ratio wing for a Formula I racer, named Lucy P. He also built the second Formula I aircraft with the large aspect ratio wing, both flown by Jeff Sawyer proving the superiority of the low span loading concept in the turning phase of the Formula I racing course. Thanks for the many high quality wings you built for many of us, Robby.
Wow Juan.... best tour ever,.. I've always been content with just watching from the stands and a short stroll around the Pits ... this is/was the best way to see behind the scene ever....... a BIG Thank You for taking the time to do this.
Thanks for all your coverage. You're pretty busy it's clear. And VERY GOOD job on the STOL Drag color commentary. You've got a great personality for that job, and it really shines!
When they first started running the sport class I was kind of, well okay. I am a big fan now. 24 is my wife's favorite and I root for all of them, Lavelle, Findlay and Rust are just awesome. 2022 gold final, I was speechless.
Robbie Grove ...That's my neighbor! He's one nice guy too! Been at Gillespie Field (SEE) since he could ride a bicycle. Juan...ask him about his aviation history
I am no pilot but find those small planes very exciting -specially on learning the speed they can fly at. Fine video. Gracias and saludos from Uruguay.
It's quite interesting to see what some of these guys are running. Wild that the 2nd fastest plane isn't EFI! Just shows how good the Mech Inj still is! Too cool! And man the difference in those 2 planes turbos! Notice the cu in diff too! Very cool thanks Juan!
It's a small airplane without a lot of friction, I assume it sucks gas so with the small size it probably doesn't have much range at high speed. It appears they are red lining the engine but get away with long enough with their cooling solution. The prop is not very big but has a very aggressive blade shape. As fast or faster than most WW2 stock fighters at the low altitude they do this racing at, he said it was 580 cuin while a stock Merlin is 1650 cuin and its Supercharged.
Hey Juan please do an interview with Elliot Seguin from Wasabi flight test if you spot him at Reno, super sharp guy with some incredible experiences and stories, test piloting some of these race planes and oddball experimental builds 👍 Thanks for the Reno coverage!
Please tell Mr Robby Grove to pump up production on his aluminum main landing gear for the Skystar Pulsar III. I want to upgrade from my original fiberglass gear.
A lot of Sweat, elbow grease and technology goes into making those aircraft go Fast and keeping them safe to fly! I like these behind the scenes views and look at the aircraft and pilots that fly them and the "mechanics" that maintain them. Thank You! Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for the better look under the cowling Juan ! My personal background is in IndyCar, which, while has some similar concepts, is completely different ! Displacement enhancements, performance internals, boost, injection systems, and not to be forgotten, water injection, and cooling, prop pitch technology, and over driven, or under-driven for that matter ! I have to agree with you Juan, this looks to be the future of the sport ! "Unlimited class" speeds, without the "Unlimited class" costs ! Seriously has my attention Juan ! I would very much like to know more about the class, and plan to do my share of homework on what it takes to be able to be involved in the class ! Thanks again Juan !
Great coverage Juan. Wish the rest of the races were covered as well as you do. Those of us that can’t be there are really enjoying your enthusiasm. Any sign of young Stevo Hinton?
How many g's in those turns at 400 mph? And do they have to beef up the wing spars to handle turns at those speeds? Alternately, do you know what's the tightest radius of those turns at top speed?
Extreme racing engine. Twin turbo, over 80 lbs boost, water injected and detination prevention injection. You could put that ending in a pulling tractor.
Well Lyc -540s have been known to shift case halves if that spun bearing had a 540. I bet they’re pumping in over 30 gph of fuel to cool it also. . Not the Malibu 20 gph There was a M-20J mod in the 80s that turbo boosted the power on a Lyc -0360 up 30- 40 hp that did that
Thanks Juan. Go live please, somehow the live feed of the official Reno Air races is not working properly. All we see during the F35 show is the same frame and. They seems to have big time issues.
JB: Would you be able to film (or get it filmed) the ground crew working during the race and communicating with the pilot? That would make a great video!
There is not a lot going on w/ ground crew during race. It is man and machine going really fast, really low. Pilot too busy to chat. The pilots in the race are talking to each other however not ground crew. Some teams (not many) have "telemetry" sending ground crew data Teams may call the pilot but it's not a conversation. The video of ground crew in the case of the few with telemetry would be a guy stairing at a laptop. Really during race it's not a team sport. It is just pilot, plane and intense flying. The ground crew has little they can do at this point.
Juan, your interviews are such a pleasure! You ask very pertinent, knowledgeable, interesting questions that could only be summoned by someone with your technical aviation background - love it!👍 EDIT: I just had a mental image of one of these Sport Class racers chasing down Dreadnought - like a bee chasing an eagle!😂
Great video. I noticed the sport class guys are in tents now days. I wonder what happened to that big hanger they used to house them all in? That was really nice when they had that. Whoever had to give it up for the raceweek must have decided they didn't want to anymore.
@@blancolirio I can't believe they built that plane in 2 years. They had a lot of help. I built a Glasair 3 all by my lonesome, and it took me 27 years. Kind of embarrassed to admit that, but working alone while flying an airline job and raising kids, it wasn't easy to shorten that by much. I just thought of it as my hobby. And I do miss having the project to work on.
Juan, Did any of the race teams talk about airframe modifications? Reduced weight has a major effect when pulling G's. Pushing these airframes well past there VNE speeds I would expect some modifications would be nessary.
I found great Lancair 360 and great Walter turbine 600hp, and wanted to mate them. What i dont understand is how they manage speed streses structuraly, since Never Exceed for Lancair 360 is 300 mph? Sorry for my bad English.
They need to produce more fast composite airplane kits because there are only fixed number of old Glassair and Lancair flying before the companies got sold to the Chinese. The all metal Vans aircrafts don't have the top end speed as these composite airplanes.
I love this! I watch you so I know what's going on when I tune into the live stream from the Reno Air Racing Assoc. Perfect combo. lol, those are wonderful machines, but when they take the cowls off they all look like rats to me.
I would think that spinning a main bearing in an aircraft engine could lead to a bunch of bad things pretty quickly. Like oil pressure dropping dramatically and severe loss of power. How dangerous a situation is it?
All I could afford was general, water, and sun screen, no pit pass. This tour is the cats meow! Thanks JB👍
This guy has a winning formula, “go with what you know “ Best idea ever. You have my vote!!
I think they came in second place with “what they know.“ That was in the heat I watched today. I think the guys that are using higher tech engine works, the Styll ( bad spelling) sponsored craft, it Prevailed.
3 man crew, 5 year build...to make it go fast...guys like this are what makes this country so great...wonderful interview...good on ya'...
Brownie livin the dream and sharin it with us!
Superb videos. Without JB's talent for explaining and showing things, Reno would still be a total mystery to me.
The wiring on the Stihl bird was first rate awesome.
Juan has the perfect voice and personality for this. Thanks man
The wire bundling and routing shows just how well this aircraft is crafted and maintained. Tight and organized all the way and the paint scheme wow! That’s one fast chainsaw…. Great job Juan showing us what they were willing to show us during those intense times in the pits. I’m glad to see our donations to the Reno Air Races bore fruit this year and hopefully many more years to come.. Cheers Juan!
I'd never get into pits... but Juan all access is giving us this behind the scenes. Thanks JB.
Dang those chainsaws and leaf blowers really fly.
You gotta clear around runway lights and signs with something? I guess? Lol
Be Stihl my Heart!
@@joetexas1546 :D
Robby Grove is a legendary fiberglas aircraft designer and builder in the San Diego area. He build the first high aspect ratio wing for a Formula I racer, named Lucy P.
He also built the second Formula I aircraft with the large aspect ratio wing, both flown by Jeff Sawyer proving the superiority of the low span loading concept in the turning phase of the Formula I racing course. Thanks for the many high quality wings you built for many of us, Robby.
Juan, you are pure amazing...it's no wonder so many people internationally LOVE YOU. Well done again.
Juan- press pass (all access) for you my friend.
You are the “new” type reporter for aviation, CA fires etc.. Appreciate the efforts.
Thanks for showing these airplanes up close.
Wow Juan.... best tour ever,.. I've always been content with just watching from the stands and a short stroll around the Pits ... this is/was
the best way to see behind the scene ever....... a BIG Thank You for taking the time to do this.
Thank you for this Gold Class engineering info on these plane's.
Holy jumping up and down Margarette! Those are some amazing aircraft 😀
Great announcing Juan. I love hearing your voice on the air races live stream.
Thanks for all your coverage. You're pretty busy it's clear. And VERY GOOD job on the STOL Drag color commentary. You've got a great personality for that job, and it really shines!
Juan, your enthusiasm and excitement during this video is highly contagious...got me headed to SEA for a flight to RNO Pronto! Have fun brother!
Awesome Stuff!
Robby, I remember you from Gillespie Field days in 1980s …I hung out at SOMA as a student missionary pilot …I had the lime green Cessna 185…!!!
Now you're getting into the interesting part...worked a little on the prop for Dago Red back in the day when Frank Taylor had it.
When they first started running the sport class I was kind of, well okay. I am a big fan now. 24 is my wife's favorite and I root for all of them, Lavelle, Findlay and Rust are just awesome. 2022 gold final, I was speechless.
Robbie Grove ...That's my neighbor! He's one nice guy too! Been at Gillespie Field (SEE) since he could ride a bicycle. Juan...ask him about his aviation history
I am no pilot but find those small planes very exciting -specially on learning the speed they can fly at. Fine video. Gracias and saludos from Uruguay.
It's quite interesting to see what some of these guys are running. Wild that the 2nd fastest plane isn't EFI! Just shows how good the Mech Inj still is! Too cool! And man the difference in those 2 planes turbos! Notice the cu in diff too! Very cool thanks Juan!
" Nice and off to the races. " great name for this video!
Fantastic insider report!
It's a small airplane without a lot of friction, I assume it sucks gas so with the small size it probably doesn't have much range at high speed. It appears they are red lining the engine but get away with long enough with their cooling solution. The prop is not very big but has a very aggressive blade shape. As fast or faster than most WW2 stock fighters at the low altitude they do this racing at, he said it was 580 cuin while a stock Merlin is 1650 cuin and its Supercharged.
Nice behind the scenes pit report! That’s 2 fast homebuilts!
Great interview. Thanks Robbie!
Fantastic inside look at these racing aircraft.
Too much!!! I be enjoying this.
"Off to the races!" Yep!
Thank you sooo much for sharing this with us, Juan!!!
That wide chord prop looks like the late FW190
l could watch this kinda thing....All day long.....Thanks Juan for sharing this super video....!
Amazing technology. Glad you shot this video!
JEEZE! what an airplane! OMG! that is one serious effort.
Hey Juan please do an interview with Elliot Seguin from Wasabi flight test if you spot him at Reno, super sharp guy with some incredible experiences and stories, test piloting some of these race planes and oddball experimental builds 👍 Thanks for the Reno coverage!
Very informative, thanks!
Please tell Mr Robby Grove to pump up production on his aluminum main landing gear for the Skystar Pulsar III. I want to upgrade from my original fiberglass gear.
I had an old 57 Chevy with the same engine cooling technology.
I'm sold on this class now, thanks Juan!
Good Stuff! there Juan. Had to put sunglasses on - that was too Cool for School....
A lot of Sweat, elbow grease and technology goes into making those aircraft go Fast and keeping them safe to fly! I like these behind the scenes views and look at the aircraft and pilots that fly them and the "mechanics" that maintain them. Thank You! Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for the better look under the cowling Juan !
My personal background is in IndyCar, which, while has some similar concepts, is completely different !
Displacement enhancements, performance internals, boost, injection systems, and not to be forgotten, water injection, and cooling, prop pitch technology, and over driven, or under-driven for that matter !
I have to agree with you Juan,
this looks to be the future of the sport !
"Unlimited class" speeds, without the "Unlimited class" costs !
Seriously has my attention Juan !
I would very much like to know more about the class, and plan to do my share of homework on what it takes to be able to be involved in the class !
Thanks again Juan !
Coffee and breakfast burrito, I finally got to meet you, That was great, From a pylon judge.
Very interesting technical/engineering info, thanks Juan. Cheers.
Excellent work. Hard to believe that Glasair III is nearly stock but wow, impressive.
omg! I need that shade of bright green on my RC buggy.
Great coverage Juan. Wish the rest of the races were covered as well as you do. Those of us that can’t be there are really enjoying your enthusiasm. Any sign of young Stevo Hinton?
How many g's in those turns at 400 mph? And do they have to beef up the wing spars to handle turns at those speeds? Alternately, do you know what's the tightest radius of those turns at top speed?
Extreme racing engine. Twin turbo, over 80 lbs boost, water injected and detination prevention injection. You could put that ending in a pulling tractor.
WOW!! is all I can say!
580 cubic inch engine! That's equal to 9.5 liter displacement.
Amazing stuff
This is like watching Star Wars for me……I can’t imagine flying anything above my 172. But this is all very fun to watch!
Great job Juan! Thanks
Win races on Sunday, sell planes on Monday. Just like Ford, Dodge, Chevy, etc.
Expensive Hobby..When are you going to STOL the Husky?
Bring back Strega!!!
Interesting.
Would've loved to hear one start & run.
They sound like any other Glasair or Lancair on the ground. Once the boost comes up at race power, then you can really hear the difference.
Interesting stuff , thanks for sharing it with us!
Juan - you're ready for prime time! Do a deal with ESPN. Excellent job at Reno races.
ADI equals water plus 5% fish oil . it was when i was a recep eng spec usaf ie; c-118's and others.
Enjoying your coverage very much Juan!🇦🇺
👍☑️ Wow...... again Juan all I can say is Wow!
Well Lyc -540s have been known to shift case halves if that spun bearing had a 540. I bet they’re pumping in over 30 gph of fuel to cool it also. . Not the Malibu 20 gph There was a M-20J mod in the 80s that turbo boosted the power on a Lyc -0360 up 30- 40 hp that did that
Thanks Juan. Go live please, somehow the live feed of the official Reno Air races is not working properly. All we see during the F35 show is the same frame and. They seems to have big time issues.
Cool stuff !
That was very informative
JB: Would you be able to film (or get it filmed) the ground crew working during the race and communicating with the pilot? That would make a great video!
There is not a lot going on w/ ground crew during race. It is man and machine going really fast, really low. Pilot too busy to chat. The pilots in the race are talking to each other however not ground crew. Some teams (not many) have "telemetry" sending ground crew data Teams may call the pilot but it's not a conversation. The video of ground crew in the case of the few with telemetry would be a guy stairing at a laptop. Really during race it's not a team sport. It is just pilot, plane and intense flying. The ground crew has little they can do at this point.
That wiring is amazing! So time consuming. Wow
Way more than 100k in that airplane.. TIO-540 is 100k… I’m confused.
Mr. Juan what makes an airplane experimental and what makes a plane stock?
80 inches plus, scary
Juan, your interviews are such a pleasure! You ask very pertinent, knowledgeable, interesting questions that could only be summoned by someone with your technical aviation background - love it!👍 EDIT: I just had a mental image of one of these Sport Class racers chasing down Dreadnought - like a bee chasing an eagle!😂
Great video. I noticed the sport class guys are in tents now days. I wonder what happened to that big hanger they used to house them all in? That was really nice when they had that. Whoever had to give it up for the raceweek must have decided they didn't want to anymore.
Tac Aero
@@blancolirio I can't believe they built that plane in 2 years. They had a lot of help. I built a Glasair 3 all by my lonesome, and it took me 27 years. Kind of embarrassed to admit that, but working alone while flying an airline job and raising kids, it wasn't easy to shorten that by much. I just thought of it as my hobby. And I do miss having the project to work on.
Is “Pinnacle engines” building the 550 again for one moment ????
I wonder what G's they make in the corners. Beautiful planes.
Juan, Did any of the race teams talk about airframe modifications? Reduced weight has a major effect when pulling G's. Pushing these airframes well past there VNE speeds I would expect some modifications would be nessary.
Big companies and maybe I could fly one of Lance airs around a few practice laps to see what it takes to being a Reno Race Pilot
Good job man!! Enjoyed it, thanks!
Juan, if you find out who may be racing with an onboard camera, please let us know!
Let's get into this
Looks like your having fun with us
I found great Lancair 360 and great Walter turbine 600hp, and wanted to mate them. What i dont understand is how they manage speed streses structuraly, since Never Exceed for Lancair 360 is 300 mph? Sorry for my bad English.
About how many horsepower do they get out of it?
So cool!
They need to produce more fast composite airplane kits because there are only fixed number of old Glassair and Lancair flying before the companies got sold to the Chinese. The all metal Vans aircrafts don't have the top end speed as these composite airplanes.
Any idea of horsepower out of a turbo boosted 550 cu in? 1400?
Are these Gold Sport planes "production" aircraft? Rather than custom built aircraft?
Please do a slow pan when You do that - - - - Man My eyes are all funky now - - - ->>
I wonder if they have done any interesting aerodynamic mods
Hello I like it. Saludos
I'm sorry if this is obvious, but why is there a "time" limit on props?
Time between overhaul.
@@blancolirio Yeah I get it's the TBO, but I don't get why these have such short TBO's. An hour? That seems nuts to me lol.
I love this! I watch you so I know what's going on when I tune into the live stream from the Reno Air Racing Assoc. Perfect combo. lol, those are wonderful machines, but when they take the cowls off they all look like rats to me.
I would think that spinning a main bearing in an aircraft engine could lead to a bunch of bad things pretty quickly. Like oil pressure dropping dramatically and severe loss of power. How dangerous a situation is it?
Enough to overhaul the engine!